The Wars of Religion in France

The last day of June, 1559, was a gala day in Paris. The marriages of Philip II of Spain with Elizabeth of France, daughter of King Henry II and Catherine de Medici, and that of the French King's sister, Marguerite with Emanuel Philibert, duke of Savoy, were to be celebrated. But 'the torches of joy became funeral tapers' before nightfall, for Henry II was mortally wounded in the tournament given in honor of the occasion...

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